We were very pleased with the holiday we had.

Written: 18 march 2006
Travel time: 19 — 26 august 2005
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We rested in Fame Residence 5 * Kemer from August 18 to August 28.2005. I must say right away that the rest was a success. We got a lot of pleasure, positive emotions and impressions.

Below I want to talk in more detail about the main points of the rest, as well as give some of my observations in order to simplify the task for those who choose their place of rest, and just share their impressions. The review is more likely to be useful to beginners, experienced it may seem very chewed and long, but nonetheless; -)

Upon arrival at Antalya airport, we were met, put on the bus and taken to the hotel. Everything went fine, there were no horrors like an hour-long wait on the bus or a bus without air conditioning.

Minibus Mercedes for 12-15 people with air conditioning (by the way, how many traveled around Turkey, we did not come across buses without air conditioning).

On the way, it was somewhat annoying that the guide, in addition to the usual chatter on org moments and a short digression into the history of Turkey, constantly repeated that they say we have a custom in Turkey to thank with a tip and you do not forget to thank our wonderful driver. She repeated this so many times that even those who were going to tip this desire disappeared by the end of the trip.

About an hour and a half later, we (me with my girlfriend and another mother with a child) were brought to the hotel.

Accommodation.
Even before departure, we discussed with a friend what would be critical for us when choosing a room and what would not.
The priority was as follows:
1. One large bed with a single mattress (French beds);
2. Sea view (it will be fine, it won’t be, we won’t die, after all, we didn’t come to hang out in the room);
3. The presence of a balcony (if not, we certainly won’t die; -))
Upon arrival at the hotel, they filled out a guest card (filled out one for myself, and the girl was simply entered on my card) and received a room key. As expected (I read about it many times on various forums and about various hotels), the initially proposed option turned out to be not a fountain. Two separate beds and a "picturesque" view from the window to the canopy of the hotel's main entrance. But with a balcony.

In Russian-English-Turkish, he explained to the porter that this number did not suit us and that if not "sea view", then "french trouble" I definitely needed. He said, “OK! ”, called the internal phone, said something in Turkish, he was answered something, after which he turned his sad look in our direction and regretfully said that at the moment this is the only free number and we can, at best, move beds in one.
After that, I took the 20 bucks that I had set aside in advance (to be sure), a passport (so that I had somewhere to invest money) and went to the reception, to achieve the best : -) Going to the reception and already mentally preparing to part with twenty, I was surprised to find that after , as they listened to me, they gave me the key to another room, where there was a large bed and a sea view, without any bribes!


My surprise knew no bounds! As it turned out later, initially, a mother with a child who arrived with us was settled in this room, and for her it was the presence of a balcony that was critical, since she smoked. And we just changed rooms.

Number.
Actually in the room, as I said, two beds, one large, one standard, a table, a chair, an armchair, a mirror, a bedside table (there is a minibar in it), a TV, a floor lamp, a wardrobe, a safe in the closet. By the bed there are two bedside tables with night lamps. Central air conditioning.
There is a regulator on the wall, when he wanted to turn it on, when he wanted to turn it off.

In principle, except for the absence of a timer for switching on, switching off from a personal split system is no different. The bathroom has a bathroom, Grohe plumbing. Everything is working and functioning properly. Overall a good standard room.

Minibar (a small refrigerator filled with jars of all sorts of colas, Pepsi, energy drinks, beer, etc. , and with bottles of plain water, of course. Ah, there is also a condom : -)) Everything from the minibar except for the simple drinking water for a fee. Prices - don't worry!

The safe is paid, like $ 4 per day. They did not take the services of the safe, they put some of the money in the pockets of the clothes that were in the closet, some was left in the suitcase. Nothing is missing.

About 30 channels are broadcast on TV. There are two Russians - ORT and Russia, with advertising blocks in Ukrainian. Only for the sake of these blocks did he turn on the TV set in the evenings. “Halya, you ne bachila where is my shirt?
» : -)

The rest of the channels are in German or local Turkish. Remote control at the reception for a deposit of 10 USD. e. We did not take it, since there is nothing to switch.

Room cleaning every day. Bed linen is changed every three days, towels every two days. In general, as I understand it, the quality of cleaning depended purely on which maid was cleaning and did not depend at all on the tips left.


One was cleaned very well and after it, some frills from towels, such as swans, hearts and patterns, were always found on the bed. And if you leave the dollar, then everything that was at hand at that moment was used. And my girl's bandanas and pareos + sprinkled everything with flower petals.

The other one was pretty mediocre. After cleaning it, there were still circles from the glasses on the table, the mirror in the bathroom was just as spattered. Even the blanket in the duvet cover, after changing the linen, I didn’t tuck it in, but put it next to me.
Plus, I periodically forgot to report water to the minibar.

They said that the soundproofing in the hotel is poor. Well, I don’t know, I don’t seem to complain about hearing, but I didn’t hear any unnecessary, annoying or disturbing noises.

The contingent of vacationers.
60 percent are Russian speakers (Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Moldovans, Balts). 30 percent Germans, the rest of the Turks.

The age of vacationers is very different, there were those who are over 60 (mostly Germans), but there are no less young and middle-aged vacationers. There were children too. They behaved mostly calmly, except when more than three gathered in one place.

I cannot fail to note several national features, both Germans and compatriots.

Our. Constantly somewhere you can see a very succumbing to our tourist.
That evening on the beach they wake up some compatriot who has peacefully fallen asleep on a sunbed, then on an excursion someone starts to swing the rights, then at the airport and on the plane they begin to show everything that a drunken Russian person is capable of.

The second thing that caught my eye was that some of our girls, the most beautiful girls whose beauty drives men crazy all over the world, periodically appeared with such a layer of makeup that they simply felt sorry for them. And okay, they still put on makeup in the evening, when it’s not so hot, but some Russian young ladies even went out to sunbathe and swim in the sea in full war paint.

Girls! No need to mock your face and skin! You are already the most beautiful and attractive. And the make-up on the beach looks at least strange, but not attractive at all.

Germans. The Germans also have a couple of features.

First, during a meal, put a huge pile of food on your plate, and often everything is mixed in the plate so that, in my opinion, you simply can’t distinguish the taste of individual dishes, dig deeper into the plate and eat only a small part of the heap, and the rest leave.

And secondly, if some of our young girls come to the beach wearing makeup, then German pensioners quite calmly, without complexes, can afford to sunbathe topless. No, I have nothing against open female breasts, I'm even for : -), but when the grandmother is already well over 60 ...In general, the spectacle is not for the faint of heart.

Nutrition.
Food. There is a lot of food, it is varied and tasty. Let me just say that out of everything that was there, I personally took a sample of 70 dishes. Very large selection of sweets. All sorts of cakes, pastries, picnics, jams, etc. , etc.

From fruits every day watermelons, peaches, black and green grapes.
The first two days there were oranges, on the last day there were pears. To be honest, personally, on my vacation, the feeling of hunger somehow dulled. It was even a shame, so much food, but I didn’t particularly want to eat. From booze a standard set. I mostly drank beer. The taste is good, but almost without degrees. Even the Turks themselves joked about his fortress. Good white wine. I haven't tried red, but my friend doesn't say much. I didn’t drink strong spirits, I just didn’t want to drink anything stronger than wine.

A day later, in the evenings, live music was played in the nearby Golden Lotus Hotel, someone sang or played the violin. I advise you to dine in the open area, it seems that you are having dinner in a good restaurant. Since the hotels were separated only by a hedge in the form of small bushes a meter high, the platform on which this action took place was clearly visible, and the music was heard.
In addition to the main meals, in the bar on the beach and near the pool you could drink tea, coffee, with cakes and various kinds of cookies, pizza was served on the beach. Gozleme was baked at a certain hour, and ice cream was served around 6 pm. There was really a long queue for him.

Sea. Beach. Territory.


The sea is very warm and clean. Having swum to the buoys, which are at a sufficient distance from the shore, and looking down, you can see the bottom. And not because the depth is not great, but precisely because the sea is really very, very clean. The fish about which there are such discussions really have a place to be. They bite not painfully, but rather cool. And how can a fish 5-6 cm long bite? They begin to pay attention to you if you stand for a while in the water without moving.

Beach.
The beach has medium sized pebbles. When entering the sea, it is larger, on the beach itself it is smaller. Sunbeds, mattresses, umbrellas. Towels on deposit 10 c. u. e.
Upon departure, the money is returned. There are enough loungers. Enough for everyone.

True, if you arrive at seven or eight o'clock, you can choose any one, but at 12 o'clock, you will have to be content with what is left. To my surprise, the first thing people wanted to do was take a seat by the pool, and already at 8 o'clock almost all the sunbeds by the pool already had someone's towels.

In general, everything is fine, the only negative that spoils the whole impression of the beach is that there is not a single trash can. This is doubly strange, since on neighboring beaches there were small ceramic flower pots as urns, but on our beach there were none. And despite the fact that the staff periodically walks along the beach and removes empty cups, napkins and plates, cigarette butts still have a place to be and this is not very pleasant.

The territory of the hotel is not big. On the territory there are several swings, which are nice to swing after dinner.
But those same ottomans that they write about in the reviews were not there, although again they were on the territory of a neighboring hotel.

On the -1 floor there is a good sauna, there is something like a Jacuzzi in the lower pool.

Animation.
To be honest, I paid the least attention to animation. In general, as I understand it, it consisted in the fact that in the morning three guys with a memorable appearance run along the beach and agitate everyone to play darts, minigolf, tennis and similar entertainment on the beach, then they walk along the beach and pour water over and tickle their heels those who lie on the beds. Choosing mainly young pretty girls for these purposes; -)


After lunch, those wishing to play water polo go to the pool. In the evenings, from 10 pm, some movements begin at the disco, such as Miss and Mr. Hotel, a dance competition, a fakir show, etc.

Staff.
Very pleased with the hotel staff.
For the most part, they are very hardworking and friendly guys. True, Russian is spoken very mediocrely, but in general everyone understands.

They love when you can say something in Turkish, they love to teach Turkish, at the same time they ask how the same word will sound in Russian. In general, communication with them is very fun. In a sort of Russian-English-Turkish language : -)

Tours.
Here I want to tell you more. The day after we arrived at the hotel, our hotel guide gave us an informational cocktail. For about 10 minutes he gave us general information about the hotel and drew our attention to various org moments, after which he moved on to the main (for him) part - excursions. In general, it was a real pressure.

My psyche survived only due to the fact that I was savvy on this forum and was already a little ready for the manner of selling excursions by hotel guides.
That he just didn’t tell us and didn’t scare us with anything. And what if we take excursions in a street (they call them pirates, so much worse) agency, then we will not have the insurance that we simply need and they relieve themselves of any responsibility for our lives.

And that if we do not go with them, but go with another agency, then we will definitely be forgotten on the tour. And that they would give us a bus without an air conditioner, which would definitely break down along the way. And it’s better to buy excursions now, because when we change our minds and decide to buy excursions from him, it will be too late, etc. , etc.

After such a load, the mother, who drove with us, ran for the money and immediately bought a couple of excursions from him. After he realized that we would not fall for his proposals, he lost all interest in us and switched exclusively to his mother with a child.

But we did not become particularly upset about this, but reached the center of Kemer and bought all the excursions (4 in total). We went on two historical and two entertaining excursions. Mira-Kekova, Pamukkale, quadsafari and rafting. All tours were completed on 5.

The guides on all excursions spoke good Russian, the buses are all air-conditioned, of a very good level. And in general, all excursions are very interesting. For those who are interested, I can tell you in detail about excursions, what, where and how much.

On rafting and on a quadsafari, I saw the following picture: during these excursions you are filmed on camera, after which they offer to buy either a disk or a video cassette, to be honest, it doesn’t make sense to buy it in my opinion, because your face is shown there in total 1-2 minutes. So, the guide (in Russian): "Blah, blah, blah, you can get a cassette for $20, a CD for $25. " After in English for the Germans: “Blah, blah, blah, you can buy a CD for 70 euros!!!
": -) Like this.

Yes, as an excursion there is a visit to the Turkish bath (hamam). We go to the Turkish bath at the hotel. We really enjoyed.

Departure.
They were supposed to fly back at 16:40, but the day before departure, at a meeting with the hotel guide, he takes us out: “Guys, your flight has been rescheduled and you are not leaving at 16:40, but at 10:20! So at 6:00 be ready. »

Normal, right? At this meeting, there were other guys who were supposed to fly out the next day, and when they found out which airline we were flying with, they sincerely sympathized with us and said that they themselves flew Vasya a couple of times and ran into the same situation. Since then, they have been flying with another airline.

I do not want to harass the airline and I am not going to find out the reason why the flight was postponed for more than 6 hours, but personally I will think carefully next time.

In general, as I said at the beginning, I liked my vacation in Turkey (we rested for the first time) and it was in this hotel that I liked it.
Maybe the second and third time you will start paying attention to other things that are not critical now, you will start comparing hotels, etc. , but we were very pleased with the rest that we had.
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